Closure with selectable dispensing orifices

Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing a viscous material in a selected one of a multiplicity of configurations comprises a container for a volume of a viscous material and having a squeezable body and a neck with a discharge opening at its upper end. Engaged on the container is a closure body of generally circular cross section having a top wall and a skirt, and the top wall has a discharge passage therethrough aligned with the discharge opening of the neck. The body top wall has a generally circular recess therein extending from the periphery thereof and beyond the discharge passage of the closure. Disposed in the circular recess is a generally circular rotating disc which has a multiplicity of discharge openings spaced about the disc in a circular array, and the discharge openings have a multiplicity of configurations. The disc is rotatable to align a selected discharge opening with the discharge passage in the top wall to permit viscous material to flow through the neck and the top wall of the closure body into and through a selected disc discharge opening.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying the present invention with the overcap in an open position and with the tubular container fragmentarily illustrated;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the closure body with the disc and overcap removed;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the disc;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the closure in partial section with the overcap open;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view in partial section of the portion of the closure bounded by the circle D in FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a sectional view with the closure on the container.

Claims

1. A dispenser for dispensing a viscous material in a selected one of a multiplicity of configurations comprising: (a) a container for a volume of a viscous material and having a squeezable body and a neck with a discharge opening at its upper end;(b) a closure body of generally circular cross section having a top wall and a skirt, said top wall having a discharge passage therethrough aligned with said discharge opening of said neck, said closure body having means thereon engaging said container, said top wall having a generally circular recess therein extending from the periphery thereof and beyond said discharge passage of said closure body;(c) a generally circular disc disposed in said circular recess and having a discharge multiplicity of flow openings spaced thereabout in a circular array, said discharge openings having a multiplicity of configurations, said disc being rotatable in said recess to align a selected discharge opening with said discharge passage in said closure top wall to permit viscous material to flow through said neck and top wall of said closure into and through a selected disc discharge opening; and(d) means rotatably mounting said disc on said closure body.

2. The dispenser in accordance with claim 1 wherein said container neck is externally threaded and wherein the bottom surface said closure body top wall has a depending threaded barrel threadably engaged on said neck.

3. The dispenser in accordance with claim 1 wherein said container is a flexible tubular member sealed at the end opposite said neck.

4. The dispenser in accordance with claim 1 wherein said closure includes an overcap having a top wall and a peripheral skirt.

5. The dispenser in accordance with claim 4 wherein the lower surface of said top wall of said overcap includes a circular boss concentric therewith and bearing on said disc.

6. The dispenser in accordance with claim 1 wherein said means for rotatably mounting said disc comprises an aperture in said closure body top wall and a mounting post on said disc which snaps into said aperture.